Ed Kosiski

Ed Kosiski is an American racing driver who won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship in 1998.[1]

Driving a family-owned dirt late model vehicle, Kosiski won 16 of the 18 races that he entered at a one-third-mile clay race track in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]

As part of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Weekly Series in 2006, Kosiski was named one of the series' All Time Top 25 drivers.[2]

On December 22, 2011, Kosiski was sentenced to 8 to 16 years in prison after being convicted of[3] a charge of attempted sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.[4] Kosiski was arrested and charged as a result of a Federal investigation ("Project Innocence Lost") into a child prostitution ring operating in Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 111-116.
  2. ↑ Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 163-170.
  3. 1 2 "Track owner facing prison –". omaha.com. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sex Addict Sentenced –". wowt.com. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.


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